Went very well with the kids. W came to collect. I casually mentioned that perhaps we could talk when not in front of the kids.

W said she had been talking to me for 1.5 to 2 years. I was amazed by that. I said I hadn't realised, but I do now.

However, we had never once discussed our relationship sensibly other that her refusing to ever listen to me and her shouting abuse at me. She was never adult about it.

2 years ago is when her parents bought a house locally and left if empty. My Mum had always suspected they bought that house for W to move into anytime she liked. It seems she could be right.